2018 Osprey Class Dinghy Show WrapUp2

Just recovering from two nights on the beer! So, all my photos from the RYA Dinghy Show.

I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of interest in our Osprey and the numbers of people attended with the weather situation.

It was a shame Ben, Simon, Sam, and Alan Henderson didn't make it but the work on the video and talk prep was invaluable to us all.

Not forgetting Mark Hartley (and Adam for screwing the boat back together) for bringing their own boat 1366 for our stand (I only asked him on Thursday and it arrived on Friday) almost forgot Oscar and David for the vibrant off the cuff stand-in for Ben, Oscar you were a star.

The stage waiting for Oscar & David

Lastly Ros, Jonathan, and Peter for making it all work like it should.

The last photo is 'the' Coronation cup from the 1952 race around the IOW. ---- are we going to race again around the IOW?

News from World Sailing

The fourth day at the 2018 Finn World Masters at El Balís ended with no more racing taking place, the third day lost, in a week of uncharacteristically light winds. The championship concludes on Friday with just one more race needed to make the championship valid.

Jinha Beach provided a pulsating end to the 2018 Ulsan PWA World Cup as the thermal wind kicked in as promised, which allowed 4 thrilling eliminations of foiling to be completed in winds ranging from 7-22 knots.

In order to strengthen World Sailing's pool of National Classifiers, a training seminar for future classifiers will be held at the 2018 Para World Sailing Championships in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA from 15-17 September 2018.

Another sensational day of perfect weather conditions off Bourgas, Bulgaria completed the 11-race series and decided the top ten 470 Women and 470 Men teams advancing to Thursday's podium deciding medal race.

The second day at the 34th Medemblik Regatta starts with light winds. During the day the wind builds and gives the day a strong finish. This kind of weather is difficult for most sailors, but some know how to handle these conditions and took their advantage.